Proprietary methodologies

Since the '50s our colleagues in Japan have contributed to the creation, development and dissemination of new methods and management systems, which over time have been copied and applied throughout the world. Many of the basic methods of modern management systems had JMAC and the JMA Group in the foreground in their original application and replication in thousands of companies worldwide. It is in our DNA to try new pathways and develop new applications, not only in Japan but also in Europe and in Italy. Sometimes we proceed by reinventing and adapting methodologies already in use with Japanese companies to a new context.

Much of the methods that are the cornerstone of the Lean approaches (SMED, 5S, ....) were developed by our colleagues in collaboration with Toyota and other leading client corporations. Other methods, such as the TPM® (Total Productive Maintenance) are actually registered and promoted worldwide by one of our sister companies (JIPM), while other techniques (Visible Planning®, Setsuban Kanri®, ...) in recent years have seen a strong growth in Italy and Europe, with several successful applications. The TP Management (Total Productive Management), which for more than 20 years has been representing method for many Japanese companies as the most effective method for guiding improvement activities, is increasingly used as a policy deployment system in combination with the Hoshin Kanri tools from the American business schools.

Finally, the VRP (Variety Reduction Program), developed by our founder Mr. Akira Koudate, is considered one of the pillars of the modern design systems.

For this reason, plenty of our original methodologies are protected by registered trademarks.